Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

An important federal appeals court Friday reduced the powers of military commissions to try terrorism suspects for certain crimes, reopening the debate over whether such cases should instead be handled by civilian courts. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit could have an impact on many of the detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to legal experts. The D.C. Circuit Court said that military commissions like those that operate at Guantanamo do not have the power to handle cases involving lesser charges such as conspiracy or providing material support for terrorism, which can also be prosecuted in U.S....

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